“The Fuel Price Shield would provide certainty. When a serious oil shock hits, (under the Coalition), the tax comes down automatically. When oil prices return to more normal levels, the ordinary rate is restored.

The broadacre harvest is upon us, yet Labor has stranded between 30 to 50 per cent of the skilled workforce needed to get the crop in. It is beyond condemnation.

“Labor has allowed migration to run out of control, and while they pull the rug out on the imminent hay, canola, wheat and barley harvests, Labor are now also pulling the handbrake on producing Australia’s food and fibre in future."

“Our veterans have served our country and sacrificed for our way of life. They should never have had to fight their own government for the health care they need.”

All of a sudden, what we have instead are 600 jobs gone. While Labor want to declare that they are the government for workers, I don't think losing 600 jobs is the way to be the government of workers.

“Australians have been fighting without thousands of dollars’ income trying to keep up with higher prices, while the government has enjoyed a $65 billion windfall from bracket creep.

These are people who have paid their taxes all their lives. These are people who have paid into their private health insurance for decades. They have paid and probably not required it. Now they're over 65, they do require it.

On 23 September in Mildura, I'm running a tri-state aged-care forum and am really thrilled to be able to do that. We have over 100 people coming so far, both providers and, really importantly, constituents

Farmers ran the gauntlet of timing the weather, high input costs yet, with the finish line in sight, they did not expect to be shirtfronted by the most insidious pest in culture, Canberra bureaucracy.